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Ein Hashofet Drilling

 

Customer: Mekorot
On the project: Research drilling and production drilling to reinforce the water supply system in the Megiddo-Yokneam area.


The Ein Hashofet drilling(study) was drilled to a depth of 960 m to the lower aquifer of the Judah Group.


The Hashofet drilling 2(production) was drilled to a depth of 500 meters to the upper aquifer. drilling flow 270mph.
The facility includes a chlorination system and acoustic shielding due to the proximity to Kibbutz Ein Hashofet.
The planning of the drilling site and its surroundings was accompanied by Magelan's landscape architect from finding optimal location to fully scenic landscape restoration.
The drilling was carried out near an old well - "B'eer A", the first well excavated in the area
In order to satisfy the kibbutz's water needs and served as a primary water source to the settlements.
In 1938, the "Hahofer" group carried out the drilling at a depth of about 38 meters, the well's output was about 30-35 mm/h.
The drilling location was determined by Prof. Yehuda Leo Pickard of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, he was one of the leading geologists and the highest authority in the field of water in Israel, and world renowned in the study of hydrology.
In one of the documents from the 1840s, Prof. Picard wrote, "One day it would be worthwhile to examine the water finds in this place at greater depth.
About 80 years later, Mekorot carried out two drillings at the site:
First drilling for research purposes, to a depth of about 1,000 meters, in which ancient unworthy for drinking or farming sea water was discovered
Second drilling to a depth of about 500 meters in which good quality drinking water was discovered.

 

In restoring the landscape to the new well site, attention was paid to the old drilling structure, the building was cleaned and renovated, received stone cladding similar to the new drilling structures and trees were planted around it.

 

The story of the drilling also appears in a unique signage designed accordingly and located on site.
The project was successfully completed and operating

 

 

 

 

 

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